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Cranes passing by
Listen to a skein of cranes above my house, a typical autumnal sound at this place. In fact I can hear cranes all winter long, because some of them don’t fly further into the south. The fields and meadows in my county are a popular resting place for cranes, in early autumn you can hear…
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Street light damage
Someone requested an archive recording. This one is from july 2020. A hit-and-run-driver in his small truck scratched the lamppost infront of my house while passing by. Nobody was injured, Except for the lamppost. Rest in enlightened peace.
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This is an alarm
Here is a very neat recording for all siren fans which I managed to catch one summer night last year. It is the DS977 model, which served as a standard siren since the 60s in the former GDR to alert the population and fire brigades. It also has been exported to other countries in eastern…
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Loud motorcycle (1)
Someone asked for loud engine noises, so here they are. First one is a motorcycle recorded today around 3:40 PM.
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Eerie cats, recorded oct 15th, 2022 around 2 AM
I woke up from this eerie scream even with the bedroom window closed. The whole thing sounds even creepier in low pitch. Unfortunately, there is a small glitch in the recording, this is caused by the hour change when the stream recorder starts a new file.
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Fire truck parade (attention, partly loud content)
On September 17, 2022, our local fire department celebrated its 130th birthday. To mark the occasion, a parade was held featuring fire trucks from all over the county. Here is a five minute clip of the parade as it reached my house. Actually, my microphones are set very low and without pre-processing, but in this…
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Trumpet lesson
It is half past ten in the evening here, and someone just thought it would be a good idea to show off his trumpet skills. Well, at least it makes some noise.
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It is ten o’clock pm
This is a recording I made to test a new sound device for my outside microphones, an Axagon ADA-17 if you’re curious. It has a 3.5 inch stereo input and provides a litte more plugin power than the usual 1.5V, a very rarely seen feature in cheap USB devices. To get an idea of the…